date of photo Oct 3, 2012
latitude 46.34876 longitude 13.57196
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Bovec basin, pastures East of Plajerjeva skala place, north of Bovec, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)notes Slo.: Vrščajeva koprenka - Habitat: Pasture, a few meters off wood side, consisting of mainly broadleaved trees: dominant Fagus sylvatica, Ostria carpinifolia but also in the reach of roots of young Picea abies and of a small bush of Juniperus communis; south oriented warm mountain slope, calcareous ground, fairly sunny and dry place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 600 m (2.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comments: A few fruitbodies scattered around; pileus diameter 5.5-7 cm, fruitbodies up to 7 cm tall; pileus slightly sticky; taste: indistinctive, slightly mushroomy, unpleasant; smell: mildly on earth, pleasant; SP abundant, deep rusty-orange-brown, oac727; flesh whitish with pale violet, reddish-violet tint at the bottom of the stem, after 24 hours in refrigerator flesh became gray, however vivid colors of the pileus remained persistent also after a few days. - Spores smooth, coarsely warty. Dimensions: 12.3 (SD = 0.7) x 6.6 (SD = 0.3) micr., Q = 1.88 (SD = 0.13), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water; AmScope MA500. - Ref.: (1) Id'ed by Mr. Bojan Rot, www.gobenabovskem.com (2) J.Breitenbach, F.Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.5. Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 198. (3) S.Buczacki, Collins Fungi Guide, Collins (2012), p 332. (4) G.J.Krieglsteiner (Hrsg.), Die Grosspilze Bade-Württembergs, Band 5, Ulmer (2003), p 163. (5) http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5447~gid~~source~gallerydefault.aspcontributor's ID # Bot_662/2012_DSC5260 photo category: Fungi - fungi
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